Sundial 17 " Sunbeam"

The steel gnomon on this sundial has shown this time 365 times in theory (assuming every day the sun shone!) since I started my blips.   The distant fishing boats (Lady Jean, Saltire and Seaspray with Fairnie  scarcely visible) have been out throughout the year in all weathers  to provide us with fish and the tanker Sundancer lying at anchor on the horizon has, with others, carried oil to keep our homes, industries and transport running.  The lives of these seamen are dependent upon the weather whether the sun shines or not.
After fishing off the southern shores of the Forth the fishing boats made their way back to Port Seton to offload their catch which was mainly prawns but I noticed a few lobsters, fish and a small squid.

(This afternoon while gutting some mackerel S found a complete 15 centimetre long fish lying within it.  The larger fish must have just swallowed the small fish when it was caught. Today’s blip had already been decided but I don’t think anyone would appreciate the unusual fish as a blip especially if they were about to eat supper.)

The Millenium Sundial between Port Seton and Cockenzie was made by a local stone carver, Gardner  Molloy  and shows the boat Sunbeam riding a wave set at an angle to conform with its latitude of 56 degrees and pointing 15 degrees west of north to illustrate BST.    Although it looks a very simple sundial it is probably one of the most accurate that I have blipped so far as it always seems to have the correct time.
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The sundial represents the fishing community that for years provided employment for many in the local area and hopefully the sun will shine on them this weekend during their 200th anniversary of the Port Seton Box Meeting.